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GENERAL ELECTION: Battle of the ballot box well under way

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

In just a few weeks time we will find out who will be running the UK Government at one of the most critical times in our history. There are a number of possible scenarios facing us when the voting is over

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Big ideas need big money

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

It certainly hasn't been easy for those involved in developing new products and technologies in the past 12 months. However those involved in supporting and commercialising these firms suggest it wasn't quite the annus horribilus it could have been

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PROFILES: Scotland's innovators

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Scotland’s future depends on its ability to capitalise on its expertise in science and technology; Insider profiles some of the projects and companies which have potential to become the stars of tomorrow

THE BIG PROFILE: Angel with a taste for risk

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Paul Atkinson is one of Scotland's new generation of business angels and leads an organisation called Par Equity, an investment firm providing venture capital and angel finance, which has already made its mark since being launched nearly two years ago

REMUNERATION ROUND TABLE: Achievement must be rewarded responsibly

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Our panel members discuss what they feel are the right ways to reward performance at work and attract talent to an organisation

CONSTRUCTION: Uncertainty ahead

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Last year was undoubtedly the construction industry's annus horribilis. Frozen out of the debt markets, new house building ground to a halt and operators both large and small were forced to downsize significantly. Some didn't make it

Q4 DEALS ROUND-UP: Deals flow slows to a trickle

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Insider's Q4 figures confirm it was a depressed end to the year with the lowest number of deals for five years

BUSINESS BANKING: Are our banks able to lend a helping hand?

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Insider speaks to city leaders about what they have been doing to stimulate the local economy and how they envisage the future

GLASGOW: A city game for growth

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Insider speaks to city leaders about what they have been doing to stimulate Glasgow's local economy and how they envisage the future

DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES: More devotion demanded of directors

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

As the annual general meeting season gets under way next month, board directors may rightly be more nervous than usual about their ritual bun-fight with investors

INSIDER INTERNATIONAL: The land of opportuntity

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

When chief executive Campbell Grant heard his local shinty team was heading to play in a tournament in the United States, it struck him as a golden marketing opportunity for his software business

AGENDA: National insurance increase is a bugbear for business

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

With The general election fast approaching the clearest message from all the business organisations is that we need to see a review of the decision to increase national insurance payments for employers next year

IAN RITCHIE: A sorry state of affairs for a sector we helped build

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

As we all now know, in October 2008 Bank of Scotland and its main rival the Royal Bank of Scotland were only a few hours away from unplugging their ATMs

WEALTH MANAGEMENT: What's the verdict on variable annuities?

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Over the past three years, an issue that has divided the community of financial advisers has been that of the variable annuity

WEALTH MANAGEMENT Q&A: Bryan Innes; Towry Law

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Lesley Campbell interrogates a wealth management expert

WEALTH MANAGEMENT PRODUCT OF THE MONTH: The Emerging Market Optimiser

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Barclay' Wealth's Emerging Market Optimiser offers long-term exposure to emerging markets by linking to the iShares MSCI Emerging Market Index Fund

THE TEN MINUTE INTERVIEW: Ron Hamilton, daysoft

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The inventor of daily-disposable contact lenses, Hamilton built the first laboratory in the world dedicated to making them before selling the business to rival Bausch & Lomb

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY: Reality kicks in for sellers

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Scotland's flagging property market is getting a new wind in its sails - the breezy power of pragmatism

PROPERTY PLAYER: Jim Fitzsimons, Capella Group

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Jim Fitzsimons looks set to become one of the stars of Scotland's commercial property sector - even his company, the Capella Group, is named after one of the brightest stars in the night sky

COMMPROP HOTSPOTS: Exchange entices energy firm

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has pulled off Edinburgh's biggest office deal in more than a year by persuading worldwide energy research specialist Wood Mackenzie to occupy 38,200 sq ft in its Exchange Place on a 17-year lease